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Top Construction Projects in Chicago

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Chicago is the third-largest city in the U.S., In fact, building construction employment in the Chicago metro region reached 28,400 in December 2021. Chicago is also rated the 2nd highest city in the U.S. Here, we’ll discover the top five construction projects that are currently taking place in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Mark Kirk, representatives from UI Labs and World Business Chicago, and various industry partners who supported the winning bid were at the White House for the announcement. “We

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Increasing Home Values Lift 1 Million Homes from 'Underwater' Status

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Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York experienced the largest declines in underwater homes during that period, reports National Mortgage News. Instead of the virus pandemic harming homeowners, it’s helped create conditions that have boosted the balance sheets of households all across the country,” said Todd Teta, chief product officer at Attom.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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A Massachusetts food processor is opening a factory in northwest suburban Wheeling, bringing more than 125 new jobs to the state, according to a report in Crain’s Chicago Business. It has four others: in Elk Grove Village; Washington Court House, Ohio; Beaver Dam, Wis., PIZZA MAKER PLANS WHEELING PLANT. and Grundy Center, Iowa.

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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For example, at the Gahanna branch location of Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio, a butterfly garden at the perimeter of the building is being designed. And Philadelphia , Chicago , Milwaukee , Atlanta , New York City , Detroit , and Vancouver are all implanting forms of green infrastructure plans.

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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L ast year, Chicago celebrated the highly anticipated grand opening of the new UI Labs Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) on Goose Island. Last year’s groundbreaking on the project was an exciting one for Goose Island, which is quickly becoming known as an important tech hub within Chicago.

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July/August 2013 Issue (Volume 46, Number 4)

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Business Report: Virginia – Tech Park Grows In Richmond | Diagnostic leader HDL will occupy nearly five football fields of space in its expanded research and office complex in the heart of downtown Richmond. Business Report: Illinois – Outlook Is Positive In Wheeling | Chicago Executive Airport gets bigger and better.